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Gator fans searching for some good news following the departure of freshman defensive back and former high school All-American Chris Steele won’t find it in recruiting.
That’s because one of the nation’s top prospects for the 2021 recruiting class just decommitted from Florida. Bryce Langston could not have picked a worse time to decommit from Dan Mullen’s program, but be that as it may, Florida’s 2021 recruiting class is now down to four pledges following this news.
The 6-foot-2, 237-pound Ocala native is rated as the No. 2 overall prospect from Florida and the No. 10 prospect nationally by 247Sports. Langston originally committed to the Gators in early December.
“After the long days and night of me thinking about the recruiting process, talking to my parents and coaches, I will announce that I will be decommitting from the University of Florida. Respect my decision,” Langston tweeted out with the note that his recruitment is 100 percent open.
Langston has recently seen his recruitment pick up with visits to Florida State and scholarship offers from Auburn and Tennessee in recent weeks.
Ruh Roh!
Not a great look
Kids decommit all the time and from every team. This is also a ‘21 prospect and could always recommit. It is definitely another blow though to a tough couple of days for the Gators.
You’re right, but this is the worst possible time. Just hurts momentum.
There are also rumors that 2 to 3 signees in the ’19 class failed to qualify academically and will have to go the JUCO route. If true, this is could get a whole lot worse.
I’m telling you. The internet service in Florida sucks! I’ve been saying it, but nobody listens. We have the flattest state in America next to Kansas and what — three bars — at best.
I thought Louisiana was. Isn’t half the state under sea level as well?
Being below sea level doesn’t make the land flat necessarily.
Derp. Ignore my comment.
Doesn’t seem to keep you from trolling…
Yikes
Hee hee hee hee.
Dan Mullen has lost control of the Florida Gators.
Loving some Florida football news these days. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of folks.
I guess coach Mac was smart to get out when he did. The culture in Gainesville is not good.
Yippee, now this mudhole of a May for UF will fuel their excuse-making for this season.
UF has poisoned itself. They’ll recover, but this is looking like a long offseason for them. Many of their fans have gone quiet. UGA fans are taking full advantage.
The person who’s gone quiet (to the exhalation of the masses) that’s the funniest of all is Mike Bianchi.
Hasn’t said or written one word. Not one since the waves of bad news starting breaking out of Gainesville, FL today.
Not a tweet. Not a column. Not a peep.
He’s disappeared. Like the punk he is.
Lol. You guys get so worked up about some teams fan (who happens to be a writer) being unrealistic.
This is the normal goofy offseason championships poor teams claim. Just have a chuckle a the guys expense and move on. 0% reason to be upset about that stuff.
Ask CeCe how quiet it is.
So he’s 6-2 and 237. What position does he play? Don’t really know what the big Beal is though. He can’t sign for 2 years and who knows what will happen before than. This early commitment thing is only good for clickbait and fans opining.
Exactly. They shouldn’t even allow commitments that far in advance. It’s just an impulse move anyway. These kids start losing some of the attention they crave more than anything when they commit that early and need to get it back. Enjoy the process and commit when it actually makes sense and you’ve had time to make a smart decision about your future.
That’s stupid–some kids do stay rock-solid the entire time and can be important peer-recruiters for their team. Richard Lecounte and Jake Fromm were pivotal recruiters for an important in-state haul in Kirby’s first full recruiting cycle that has seen massive benefits.
i think its the perception with everything else that going on that makes this look a lot worse than it is
Yeah that’s what it is. The perception. Because in reality it never . . . what? Oh it is real! Not perception? Reality. That bites. Somebody